Appearance v reality

Iago most famous

I am not what I am constrast his “honest nature” and shows the first time he is decending to become a Machiavellian

iago says men

"Men should be what they seem; Or those that be not, would they might seem none!" dramatic irony

Iago and whats

"And what's he then that says I play the villain, When this advice is free I give and honest?"

Iago th moor

The Moor is of a free and open nature
That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,
And will as tenderly be led by th’ nose
As asses are. Iago intends to use Othello just as he will use Roderigo, exploiting the man’s naïve belief in the reality of appearances to lead him (like a trusting donkey) to his own destruction